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Sacred Lake (1st)
Items: 10
Kills: 10
Begin by running forward and vaulting up to the higher ledge. Turn left and exit through the open doorway. Draw weapons and angle Lara to the left. Run forward until Lara steps up onto the brick ledge that slopes down from the wall on the left. A crocodile (1) will attack from the left, so open fire and take a few backflips as necessary to keep away from it.

When it's dead, run forward and vault onto the low brick ledge ahead and pick up a small Medi Pack (1). Turn right and run forward, stepping off the ledge. Draw pistols to kill two bats (2, 3) that will awaken in the dark alcove ahead. When the two bats are dead, reverse roll and run forward, away from the large dark alcove, along the sandy path. Turn right just before Lara reaches the brick arch and vault up onto the brick ledge. Walk forward to the edge of the pool. Look down into the water and draw pistols.

There are three crocodiles (4, 5, 6) that are lurking around the pool. If Lara finds them swimming around in the pool, then try to kill them all from the safety of this ledge1. One or more of the crocodiles can climb up out of the water via a ledge that slopes into the water. If there are no crocs in the pool, then one of them has likely climbed out of the pool. Turn left and kill it as it attempts to sneak up on Lara.

Hop back off the ledge and turn left. Run forward to the Southeast corner of the pool. Ignore the crawlspace ahead for now2. Turn right and run forward, down the brick walkway. Take a jump into the water, and quickly take a flip turn and swim back to the surface. Wade forward until Lara is out of the water, and draw pistols. Kill the other two crocs that will have been drawn to Lara's dip in the pool.

When the crocodiles are all dead, run forward and jump into the pool once more. Swim forward and turn right when Lara reaches the Southwestern corner of the pool. Swim forward until Lara reaches the ledge that slopes down from the banks on the left. Turn left and step out of the pool.

Turn right and run forward to the northwestern corner of the pool. Turn right and run forward until Lara reaches the entrance with the dark carved stones. Turn left, draw pistols, and enter the doorway. Run straight ahead, between the two pillars and kill two bats (7, 8), taking a few backflips out of the doorway as needed to evade the bats. When the two bats are dead, continue forward, across the stone ledge between the two pillars. Run all the way into the alcove with the burning torch at the far side of the ledge, first stepping down to a lower ledge, and then dropping into the pit within.

Reverse roll run forward, first dropping down to a flat ledge, then stepping down to a sloping ledge. Run forward, between the two pillars, and Lara will drop to a slope below. Allow her to slide off the end of the slope and land on a flat ledge below.

Climb up the bamboo pole. When Lara is above the two carved images, then turn her so that she is facing east with her back to the other pole. Leap off the bamboo pole to land on the ledge with the other pole. Turn around so that Lara is once again facing east and climb up the second pole. When Lara is above the small ledge behind her, leap off the pole to land on the ledge.

Turn around and run forward. Climb up into the crawlspace and crawl forward. When Lara reaches the end of the crawlspace, turn right and have her crawl backwards to lower herself off out of the crawlspace. Let go, reverse roll, and run forward. Turn left and continue forward until Lara steps down into a long room.

Run forward until Lara comes to the chain. Turn right and vault up onto the ledge. Step forward and pull the chain to raise the gate that prevents access to the interior of the structure in the middle of the pool outside. Turn right and run forward, dropping off the ledge. Run forward, and slightly to the right, and vault or jump out of the little room.

Follow the tunnel as it bends to the right. Run to the end of the tunnel and pull up into the crawlspace. Turn right and crawl to the other end of the crawlspace. Turn around and have Lara lower herself out of the crawlspace. Reverse roll and take a standing jump and grab onto the bamboo pole. Slide down the pole and release from it when Lara reaches the bottom.

Take a standing jump and grab onto the other bamboo pole. Slide all the way to the bottom of the other pole and release to the lower ledge. Turn left and step forward to drop into the pit. After Lara hits the water, swim down and grab the small Medi Pack (2). Flip turn and swim forward down the water-filled trench. Pick up the canister of flares (3) in the left corner ahead. Surface for air, turn right and dive back down.

Swim forward and turn left to enter the underwater tunnel. Immediately turn right and follow the underwater tunnel as it bends to the right. Turn Lara upward and swim toward the surface. When Lara raised the gate, she released two crocodiles (9, 10) from the structure in the center of the pool. If there is a croc swimming around, immediately turn right and head for the narrow ledge that slants into the water. Reverse roll and draw pistols to kill the croc or crocs. If there is only one crocodile in the water, she may have to hunt down the other croc.

When the two crocs are dead, swim into the structure in the middle of the pool through the gate that Lara recently raised. Swim all the way into the structure and angle Lara to the right. Surface at the southeast corner of the structure and pull up onto the ledge in the corner. Turn right and vault up onto the higher ledge at the side of the structure. Turn right and run forward to pick up a small Medi Pack (4). Continue forward until Lara reaches the end of the ledge. Angle her to the right and take a standing jump to reach the ledge on the adjacent wall. Turn right, step forward, and pick up a box of regular shotgun shells (5).

Turn right and dive back into the water. Angle Lara to the left and swim to the northeast corner of the structure. Pull up at the ledge in the corner, and turn left. Run forward and vault up to the higher ledge on the wall of the structure. Turn left and run to the far end of the ledge. Angle Lara to the left and take a standing jump to the ledge on the adjacent wall. Step forward to pick up another box of regular shotgun shells (6).

Turn left and dive back into the water. Swim across the pool to the eastern side of the structure. There is a stone column on the wall that ends at the level of the water. Beneath it is a lever. Pull it down to open a trapdoor in the middle of the floor of the structure.

Swim down into the underwater passageway at floor of the structure and open the stone door inside. Turn around and surface for air. When Lara catches her breath, swim back into the underwater tunnel.

Swim past the newly opened stone door, and follow the underwater tunnel as it turns to the left. Swim past the narrow slanted crevice and continue forward. Follow the underwater tunnel as it turns to the right. Swim forward, past a wider slanted crevice, until Lara comes to an intersection of tunnels. Turn left and swim forward to where the underwater tunnel forks to the right and upward.

Instead take the narrower passage that turns to the right, heading west, and slopes upward. Be careful not to snag Lara on the walls of the narrow passage as Lara swims through. Surface for air in the chamber at the end of the underwater passage. Dive down for the large Medi Pack (7) on the floor of the chamber.

When Lara has fully caught her breath, dive back down and swim into the narrow tunnel. When Lara reaches the intersection of tunnels, turn upward and swim up into the other underwater tunnel. Turn Lara to the right and swim forward until Lara reaches the underwater chamber with a mirror. Lara can surface in the center of the water-filled chamber with the mirror. Lara can only see the air pocket in the mirror, so it is somewhat hard to find, but swim around the ceiling of this underwater chamber until Lara finds it.
Canopic Jar #2
Turn until Lara is facing west and pull out of the water. Run forward up the sloping tunnel and vault up into the chamber at the end of it. Take a hairpin turn to the left and pick up a pair of Uzi clips (8). Take a side flip to the left and pick up another pair of Uzi clips (9). Reverse roll and run up the slope to the pedestal. Take the second Canopic Jar (10) from from the pedestal, and a steel gate will rise in another underwater tunnel in the floor of the main structure.

After taking the jar, turn and drop back into the tunnel that leads back to the water. Drop into the water and turn left. Swim back into the tunnel that leads out of the mirror chamber and follow the tunnel as it bends downward. When the tunnels intersects with two other tunnels, level Lara off and swim forward until Lara reaches the deeper underwater tunnel. Dive down and turn right and swim forward down the next section of the underwater tunnels. Follow the tunnel as it bends to the left, passes through the narrow slanted stricture, and turns to the right.

Swim forward, out of the open stone door, and surface for air. When Lara has caught her breath, turn left and dive back down into the water. Swim into the deep trench ahead that leads north and allow the current to suck Lara back into the central area of the Temple of Karnak.

Summary
In order of appearance:
Pickups
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Flares
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Uzi Clips
1 Uzi Clips
1 Canopic Jar

10 Total
13 Maximum
Kills
1 crocodile
2 bats
3 crocodiles
2 bats
2 crocodiles

10 Total
12 Maximum

Footnotes:
  1. I'm not really sure what will sometimes trigger all three crocs to be swimming around in the pool below that first arch, but if you find them there, then take advantage of your good fortune and take them out from the safety of the ledge. If one of them climbs out of the pool, you may have to turn around and put an end to its attempt to sneak up on you.

  2. The reason we're telling you to ignore this crawlspace, is because you lack a necesary item to proceed through that section, and so you'll be returning to the Sacred Lake for that area later. However, if you choose to visit that crawlspace now, you will find a canister of flares (11), two black scorpions (11, 12), a box of regular shotgun shells (12), and a small Medi Pack (13), which will bring your total pickups in this level to 13 and your total kills to 12, but because we're going to include them later, we've chosen not to include them in this level's tally.